Eat The Dream / Gnawa Music From Essaouira
Album: Gnawa Music From Essaouira   Collection:World 12"
Artist:Eat The Dream   Added:Jul 2012
Label:Sublime Frequencies  

Album Review
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Reviewed 2012-07-25
Eat The Dream
Gnawa Music From Essaouira
Sublime Frequencies

Music from the Gnawa, a mystical brotherhood borrowing from mystical Islam and African shamanism. Trance inducing. Uses krakebs (metal clappers) and gimbri / sinter (3 stringed lute)
A Side
1. Stringed guitar like thing
*2. Shrill North African reeded instrument intros a big head nodding groove with some group accompanying vocals
3. Psychedelic howling, background noise, dramatic gimbri and drum with male vox
*4. More North African reeded instruments, intricate, playful then rhythmic drums and low chanting. Fake out ending into...Found sound, talking, laughing intro, guitar and metal clappers
B Side
*5. Low fi male low singing intros in trance like bass and drums and quiet chanting. fake out ending (Really long)
6. quiet reeded instruments, drums - Wedding street procession
7. Big pounding furious drums
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Track Listing
1. Chelha   4. Mektoub
2. Dahven   5. Tseuheur/Chehade
3. Mogador   6. Wedding Street Procession
  7. Fraja